Festival at Kanda Myojin

Kanda (神田) is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It encompasses about thirty neighborhoods. Prior to 1943, when there was a city named Tokyo, Kanda was a ward. Festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine, Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine, Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Tokyo (東京市 Tōkyō-shi) is not the name of any present-day city in Japan. ...

It is home to the Kanda Myojin (Shinto) shrine, devoted to Taira no Masakado, who led a rebellion against the central government during the Heian period. A torii at Itsukushima Shrine Shinto (神道 shintō) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... A Jinja (Japanese: 神社) is a Shinto shrine including its surrounding natural area but it is more common to refer to buildings as a jinja. ... Taira no Masakado (平将門, ?–940 C.E.) was a member of the Kammu Taira clan of Japan. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei Overview The Heian period (平安時代) is the last division...

In the Edo period, the shrine's festival was one of the three most famous in the city.

Kanda is also the home of the Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral which was built by Nikolai of Japan and is the the main Cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church. Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral, commonly called Nicorai-do (literally: The Temple of Nikolai) in Japan, is the main cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church. ... Saint Nikolai of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin (born Ioan Dimitrovich Kasatkin August 1 of Julian calendar/ August 13 of Gregorian calendar, 1836 ; died February 16, 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and saint. ... The Japanese Orthodox Church (日本ハリストス正教会) is an autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy, under the omophor of the Russian Orthodox Church. ...

There are a lot of bookstores and second hand bookshops in Kanda.

Monument to Zenigata Heiji

A popular Japanese television series, Zenigata Heiji, features a fictitious police patrolman (the title character) whose beat is Kanda. Near the end of every show, Heiji fells the dastardly villain by throwing a coin at him. Monument to Zenigata Heiji (Jidaigeki character) at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine, Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Monument to Zenigata Heiji (Jidaigeki character) at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine, Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ...